DEAR reader, please notice carefully our picture today. Do you think something has attracted the attention of these cows? All but one seem to be looking in the same direction.
Look again. Do you notice any difference in the five that are looking? Do not three of them seem much more interested than the other two? They hold their heads higher and seem wider awake. The other two are looking, in a lazy, indifferent sort of way.
Let me tell you what this makes me think of. Sometimes our attention is attracted by a call from God. He may speak to us through His word, or through a tract or Sunday-school paper. Or it may be through some person—one of His laboring servants, or a friend.
When we hear such a call, we should listen carefully and hear what God has to say. Not only that, dear reader, but when we hear we should heed.
Sometimes, God calls to those who do not know Him. Sometimes He calls to those who do know Him.
What is the first call? It is expressed in different ways such as the following:
Dear reader, have you heeded this call? Have you come to Christ in your worthlessness and helplessness and accepted the free gift of salvation? If not, do not delay. Another day—yes, another hour may usher you into eternity. If you neglect this opportunity, you may never have another.
If you have heeded the call to the lost sinner and have found Christ as your Saviour, are you now listening for other calls? If you read and study God’s word and hear it explained by others, you will find many a call to you as a Christian, such calls as these:
These are only a few—a very few, of the many, many calls that fill God’s blessed word. Do not be half-hearted and listless about them, like the two cows that raised their heads only a little way.
Listen earnestly, and respond quickly, willingly and heartily to all that the Lord would have you do. By so-doing you will lay up treasure in heaven—treasure that will give you untold joy through all eternity.
Messages of God’s Love 9/17/1911